FOUR OUTSTANDING COLOR EARLY 1900s BUTTONS FOR MEDICINE AND HEALTH.
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Winning Bid:
$162.25 (Includes 18% Buyer's Premium)
Bids:
2
Bidding Ended:
Tuesday, July 11, 2017 10:00:00 PM (20 Minute Clock Begins At Tuesday, July 11, 2017 10:00:00 PM)
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Auction:
Auction #221 - Part I
Value Code:
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Item Description
Each 1.25" with the last 1.75". First is for Cloverine Salve and has back paper from Lucke Badge, Baltimore. Second has boy and girl next to large product container of "Ozone/Destroys Disease Germs." Celluloid is slightly flattened with two very tiny slightly darker gold marks on the rim edge. Reverse has the product advertising back paper although paper has some browning and tiny wear. Made by W&H. Third is gorgeous button for c. 1910 tuberculosis hospital near Montreal. Issued for a "Tag Day",  a charity fundraiser event with the button given as a thank you for a contribution. Back paper by American Artworks. Last with image of eye glasses beneath a buffalo all executed in superb color issued for event "The Optical Society Of The State Of N.Y. 12th Annual Convention Buffalo, N.Y." Reverse has double back paper with the lower paper a standard W&H paper used 1900-1912 and the upper paper with a few tiny missing pieces advertising "Best & Co. Buffalo & Niagara Souvenirs" along with W&H imprint in tiny lettering. Three of the four are NM displaying Mint.
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